Bill Mahoney – Desired Glass

Bill Mahoney was born in Sydney in 1952 & moved with Family to the South Coast of NSW in 1984 to establish a glass Studio that would have as its goal to design & handcraft all products sold in the Studio. Design & construction of Leadlight windows was the starting point but soon developed into the stained glass extension upon the purchase of an old second-hand kiln that would propel the work into new and exciting areas such as ecclesiastical work – new & restoration – & the developing skills to add hand painted & kiln fired detail to ‘on the bench’ commissions.

Bill Mahoney

Glass fusing had just surfaced onto the glass art arena with the inspiration from Klaus Moje & the Bullseye glass company in developing a range of compatible glass that, with the use of kilns & other equipment, would be able to extend those current boundaries by being able to fuse together liked glasses to allow multiple colours & design in the one piece of glass. After completing 10 years as a resident glass artist in Mogo (1994), I relocated to my present Studio in Batemans Bay. Away from the walk-in highway traffic & with a new sense of isolation that is demanded by this type of work, the body of work catapulted to new levels to what is achievable today & into the future.

Apart from the commission windows & silvered leadlight/glass fused mirrors ( with only a small representation is shown on this sites gallery ) other work that may be of interest can be viewed on

www.clocksbylazyfish.com.au

Thank you for your time as I now invite you to view the body of work shown on Desired Glass.

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Set in a Californian Bungalow style residence located in Cremorne Point North Sydney, overlooking Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay & Harbour Bridge. Problem existed due to developing highrise building creating a blight on the northern aspect, as seen above the courtyard boundary wall. Upon discussion of basic design elements for proposed ‘brief’, a cartoon was […]

This commission was all about the kiln work employing new advanced glass fusing techniques and glass products & the collaborative use of ancient ecclesiastical hand painted/kiln processors developed over the millennium to introduce fine, life like representations to the topic.